"I'm Not in the Mode to Help": Interface Design for Robots Operating at Varying Levels of Autonomy
Devices with multiple modes increase user stress, workload, and error rate. Robots that operate at multiple levels of autonomy offer a wide range of functions, but may increase error. In this work, we develop and test multimodal interfaces to communicate a robot's current level of automation to a user who is engaged in a high-workload task. Future studies will apply these findings to multiple-human, multiple-robot teams.
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"I'm Not in the Mode to Help": Interface Design for Robots Operating at Varying Levels of Autonomy
Semantic Scholar · Computer Science · 2020
Abstract
Devices with multiple modes increase user stress, workload, and error rate. Robots that operate at multiple levels of autonomy offer a wide range of functions, but may increase error. In this work, we develop and test multimodal interfaces to communicate a robot's current level of automation to a user who is engaged in a high-workload task. Future studies will apply these findings to multiple-human, multiple-robot teams.